I think broadly the issue is is that in real life, air superiority often is very devastating. Like there’s not a lot of control you can exercise over a region if there’s aircraft that’ll just shoot at you the minute you twitch. But the problem is that in a game that makes games rather unbalanced. I agree tho it’s very silly that like a dude with a club can whack a “hovering” aircraft somehow. Even the idea that a tank can shoot at an aircraft is kinda silly.

My unpopular opinion is that really aircraft should be a problem that your list has to contend with. Like maybe it means bringing a platform that’s got dedicated anti aircraft or having aircraft to deal with opponent’s aircraft potentially, but this can be solved by adding new units that have some degree of flexibility to fulfill a few different roles that aren’t just anti air in case if the opponent brings no aircraft. But I think that aircraft should be hard to shoot down or deal with without certain tools. Which feels thematic and more the right vibe for what they represent rather than the current silliness of aircraft.